Chapter 827 Successfully Entering, The First Area
At this moment, Ye Xuanyue and the people beside her had already arrived at an extremely hidden underground stone cave. It was pitch black all around.
Hou Xiaoyong cautiously inspected the surroundings before waving his hand. He scratched his head, his smile carrying a bit of awkwardness.
"I haven’t been here for a long time, so it’s a bit unfamiliar, hehe... let me find it."
Ye Xuanyue silently watched his movements as he circled left and right. Only then did he seem to figure something out and waved his hand.
"Come on, give me a hand. Help me move these incredibly annoying big rocks out of the way—so they don’t keep blocking the view."
Ye Xuanyue glanced at Leng Moran.
Leng Moran naturally would not let Ye Xuanyue move rocks, but he crossed his arms and said quietly,
"With your cultivation strength, moving a rock shouldn’t be hard, right?"
Leng Moran’s voice sounded half-teasing.
Hou Xiaoyong scratched his head and muttered a couple of words.
"Young people these days are just so lazy."
As he spoke, he moved the rocks himself. With his actions, Ye Xuanyue saw that behind these rocks there was actually a cave opening large enough for one person to pass through.
Hou Xiaoyong waved his hand, seeming to dispel any concerns, and crawled into the cave.
Ye Xuanyue and Leng Moran looked at each other, then bent down and entered the passageway, which felt somewhat oppressive.
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Finally, Leng Moran used his spiritual power to draw a rock over and block the cave entrance. The path was not long; they reached the end after just a few steps.
After entering, Hou Xiaoyong was slightly stunned.
Ye Xuanyue came in second. Seeing his bewildered expression, she raised her eyebrows and asked,
"What’s wrong?"
Hou Xiaoyong’s expression was one of disbelief.
"It can’t be... I got the location of this teleportation array by auctioning off a quite valuable treasure! How could it be wrong? It’s impossible..."
Ye Xuanyue looked at him and then spoke.
"You’ve never actually entered this Wish-Granting Market before, have you?"
Hou Xiaoyong scratched his head awkwardly, but being thick-skinned, he immediately changed the subject.
"It must be nearby! Wait, let me search carefully... We’ll definitely find it."
But the place was not large. Apart from the entrance they had come through, there were no other passages. It was completely open, just an empty area.
Sweat beads were already forming on Hou Xiaoyong’s forehead from anxiety.
Ye Xuanyue’s brows furrowed slightly. She turned her face and used her spiritual power to scan the surroundings. Although her cultivation strength was inferior to Hou Xiaoyong’s, when it came to the delicacy of spiritual power, she was far superior.
Ye Xuanyue’s expression changed slightly. She seemed to sense that some place was unusual.
She turned and glanced at Leng Moran. Leng Moran smiled and walked forward a few steps. His fingers lightly touched a certain point in the air. Then he infused spiritual power—
The next second, spiritual light began to flicker before their eyes. Gradually, the shape of a teleportation array appeared.
Ye Xuanyue smiled. She knew it. It was like this.
Beside her, Hou Xiaoyong was dumbfounded. He wiped his lips, his mouth agape in surprise. But the teleportation array before them was real.
Hou Xiaoyong did not hesitate at all and rushed forward. He reached out, wanting to activate the teleportation array, but found it was useless. The array did not respond at all. His expression was somewhat stunned.
Ye Xuanyue looked at it for a moment before speaking.
"Do you have any supreme-grade spirit stones?"
Hou Xiaoyong hesitated.
He roughly understood what Ye Xuanyue meant. He took a supreme-grade spirit stone from his pocket, intending to insert it.
Ye Xuanyue waited patiently for a while. The teleportation array seemed to brighten a bit, but the glow still appeared somewhat dim.
Hou Xiaoyong silently looked up at Ye Xuanyue and shook his head.
Was she kidding? He was a traveling adventurer. Supreme-grade spirit stones were used for cultivation—extremely precious resources. Wasting them here made his heart ache terribly.
There were still several supreme-grade spirit stones missing from the sockets on this teleportation array. He absolutely would not take them out so casually.
Ye Xuanyue watched Hou Xiaoyong’s miserly expression. Her own remained noncommittal. Then she stepped forward and filled the sockets herself.
Hou Xiaoyong watched as this girl showed no hesitation at all. He could not help but sigh inwardly. This girl was really rich. These supreme-grade spirit stones would be gone after one use—and she did not even feel any heartache?
Ye Xuanyue naturally did not feel heartache. After using them, she could collect them and toss them into the pond in her dimensional space. After a while, the spiritual energy inside would naturally refill. Why would she feel heartache? Her spirit beasts slept on piles of various spirit stones every day.
After Ye Xuanyue filled the teleportation array, it finally rippled with gentle white light. She glanced at Leng Moran, then stepped onto it together with him.
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Everything around was hazy. The Lingtian Continent’s spiritual energy was extremely abundant, and the feeling it gave was much more stable than the Spirit Martial Continent’s. Because of this, the teleportation array required more spirit stones to succeed.
Even with Ye Xuanyue’s current cultivation strength, she felt somewhat dizzy after the successful teleportation. She steadied herself, then turned to look around—only to hear a crisp voice by her ear.
"Someone else has entered our market?"
Ye Xuanyue blinked. She shook her head hard to stay alert. Turning, she saw a woman dressed in white beside her.
This woman looked to be in her twenties, wearing a white outfit with a jade pendant at her waist. Her eyes swept over Ye Xuanyue a few times before she spoke.
"All humans. Do you have credentials to enter the market?"
This place was quite strict.
Hou Xiaoyong, whose cultivation strength was higher than Ye Xuanyue’s, had already regained his senses and immediately spoke.
"We do."
He took something from his waist and handed it to the woman before him.
The woman looked at it for a moment, then said quietly,
"This is a first-level visitor’s token. You can only move within the first area. Alright, you may enter."
Ye Xuanyue, however, was a bit confused. First level... first area? What was this?
Her gaze turned to Hou Xiaoyong. He scratched his head. Actually, he was not very clear either. Looking at him, Ye Xuanyue knew this man probably was not clear at all.
Hou Xiaoyong had been boasting all the way, but Ye Xuanyue had seen through him. He probably did not know where he had heard those words, just bragging wildly. He himself had never actually entered before.
Ye Xuanyue thought for a moment, then walked forward. No matter what, since they were in, she might as well take a careful look.
Ye Xuanyue raised her head and looked around, but suddenly realized—this market might exist within a secret realm. Although the celestial vault above was extremely bright, she could not see the sun. If this market was actually a secret realm, then it made sense.